Israelis Save Arab Infant from Death After Heart Attack

January 4, 2015 Last Saturday, Israel's emergency and medical relief agency Magen David Adom (MDA) and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) at a Jordanian border crossing intervened to save a 6-month-old Palestinian child from Judea-Samaria, whose heart condition triggered what seemed to be a heart attack.

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Aliyah Hits 10-Year High

January 4, 2015 Last year's summer war did not stop 2014 from drawing record immigration numbers in ten years, as 26,500 new Israelis disembarked at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, a 32 percent increase from the year before. While French and Ukrainian Jews led the surge, North America also claimed its highest immigration numbers to Israel in a decade, with 3,700 Jews leaving the United States and Canada in a 7 percent jump from 2013.

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11-Year-Old Girl Fights for Life After Fire Bomb Attack

December 29, 2014 The public has been asked to pray for an 11-year-old girl seriously wounded in a firebomb attack near Ma'ale Shomron in Samaria on Thursday.

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Israeli Poor Ask How They Are to Feed Their Children

December 21, 2014 The recent National Insurance Institute 2013 Poverty Report has revealed that one in five Israelis (1.6 million) live below the poverty line. Four out of five Israelis spend more than they make. A 47-year-old mother of five living in Jerusalem responded to the survey, saying, “I do not need a poverty report to know that the three jobs my husband and I work do not pay enough to survive. We are fighting for food and clothing. They say there are tough security situations in Jerusalem? The war is first and foremost inside the home: how to survive, how to live, how do I feed my kids.” (YNet)

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PA Poll: Support for Violence Hits 80 Percent

December 14, 2014 A Palestinian-run poll in Judea-Samaria and the Gaza Strip shows 80 percent of respondents in the disputed territories support the lone-wolf violence that has ravaged Israeli communities, including stabbings, shootings and vehicle strikes.

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Off-Duty Security Guard Shoots Terrorist in Israeli Supermarket

December 9, 2014 Last week, in a crowded Israeli supermarket, a Palestine teenager attacked and stabbed two people.

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UNRWA Official Calls for Boycott of Israeli Paper

December 9, 2014 Chris Gunness, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency’s (UNRWA) official spokesperson in Gaza known for his unflinching support of Hamas during Operation Protective Edge, returning missiles stored in their schools to the terrorist organization and hiring teachers associated with the organization, has reached a new low. He is currently urging a boycott of the English language Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post.

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Shin Bet and IDF Stop Hamas Plot on Teddy Stadium and Jerusalem Rail

November 30, 2014 Israel announced Thursday that its Shin Bet security service had foiled a terrorist attack on Jerusalem's Teddy Soccer Stadium, home to Israeli soccer team Beitar Jerusalem. Hamas officials weaved and funded a web of operatives in Judea and Samaria from headquarters in Turkey as it planned to execute a major terror attack against the stadium. The Hamas ring's plans also included kidnapping Israelis both inside and outside the country, detonating car bombs, and committing roadside attacks.

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Israel Experiences One of Three Rainiest Novembers in 75 Years

November 30, 2014 On Shemini Atzeret, as the week of dwelling in sukkot came to an end, Jewish people around the world prayed for rain. This year God has abundantly answered these prayers. According to the Israel Meteorological Society, central Israel has had more rain this November than in any rainy season in the past 20 years. In fact, only one of three in the past 75 years saw as much rain by November's end.

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Ashkelon Mayor in Hot Seat for Halting Arab Workers at Kindergarten

November 25, 2014 On Thursday, in response to the attack in a Jerusalem synagogue two days before by Palestinian terrorists from East Jerusalem, Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni blocked Israeli Arab construction workers from fortifying and installing bomb shelters at a kindergartens in the southern port city of Ashkelon. “The construction of security rooms at the kindergartens where Arab laborers are working will be suspended immediately, until further notice,” Shimoni announced.

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